Carol M. Highsmith Archive photos from the 2000s

2000 block of Rhode Island Ave., NE, Washington, D.C

Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

An open space and fountain outside a shopping and restaurant row, part of a wholesale renovation of this close-in (to Washington, D.C.) Maryland suburb of Silver Spring in the 2000s

Chinatown scene, San Francisco, California

Colorful Chinatown, San Francisco, California

Columbus Learning Center, Columbus, Indiana

Dusk view of the Robert Hoag Rawlings Public Library, built from 2000 to 2003 in Pueblo, Colorado

Eutaw is a city in Greene County, Alabama. At the 2000 census the population was 1,878. The city is the county seat of Greene County and was named in honor of the Battle of Eutaw Springs, the last engagement of the American Revolutionary War

Full view of paintings "Red Rock Canyon" on north wall of Jury Assembly Room in Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada

Installation "Boolean Valley" by Adam Silverman at the Nasher Sculpture Center is a museum that opened in 2000 in Dallas, Texas

Open space and fountain outside a shopping and restaurant row, part of a wholesale renovation of Silver Spring, a close-in (to Washington, D.C.) Maryland suburb

Painting "Red Rock Canyon" on north wall of Jury Assembly Room in Lloyd D. George U.S. Courthouse, Las Vegas, Nevada

The Buell Children's Museum, added in 2000 to the Sangre de Cristo Arts and Conference Center complex in downtown Pueblo, Colorado

View of the band-blasted stainless steel Dallas Police Memorial, designed by Edward Baum, John Maruszczak, and the firm Oglesby-Greene. It opened across from Dallas City Hall in 2000

A piece of steel from the World Trade Center, destroyed by a terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001 in New York City. It is displayed as a memorial at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas

A pristine day looking toward lower Manhattan across the East River, one month before the World Trade Center's Twin Towers fell in 2001. New York, New York

Aerial of New York, New York

Aerial of Central Park, New York, New York

Aerial of the World Trade Center, New York City, taken about two months before the 9/11 tragedy

Aerial skyline view of lower Manhattan, New York City, before September 11, 2001

Aerial view of Boulder Dam with Lake Mead in the background Image. Boulder City, Nevada

Aerial view of Ellis Island with New York City World Trade Center in the background taken in July 2001

Aerial view of Las Vegas, Nevada in which the Luxor Hotel pyramid is prominent

Aerial view of New York City, in which one the World Trade Center twin towers can be seen

Aerial view of New York City, with the World Trade Center Twin Towers prominent

Aerial view of New York City, with Twin Towers of the World Trade Center visible

Aerial view of New York City, with a focus on the Brooklyn Bridge, through which the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center are visible

Aerial view of New York City, with a focus on the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center, New York

Aerial view of the World Trade Center, New York, New York

Aerial view of the World Trade Center taken a month before September 11, 2001

Aerial view of the World Trade Center taken a month before September 11, 2001

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Citizen artwork at an informal memorial to the victims who died on United flight 93 when they attempted to overpower hijackers during the terrorist attacks of 9/11/2001

Holiday Inn's Boardwalk Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada

I-15 I-515 US 93 US 95 interchange in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, looking east, 2001

Kimmel Center Concert Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Lower Manhattan New York City World Trade Center August 2001

Lower Manhattan skyline, including the World Trade Center, New York, New York

Photo of WTC1 (cropped)

Rubble removed from Ground Zero, site of the attack on the World Trade Center Twin Towers in New York City

The Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas

The upper reaches of Frost Bank Tower, a prominent Austin, Texas, skyscraper

Twin Towers-NYC

Twin Towers-NYC (cropped)2

View of lower Manhattan a month before the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in 2001. New York, New York

View of lower Manhattan a month before the World Trade Center's Twin Towers in 2001

View of the World Trade Center, New York, New York, from Ellis Island

World Trade Center Towers and the New York City skyline, New York, New York

World Trade Center towers, New York, New York

World Trade Center, New York City, taken two months before the 9/11 tragedy

American Gothic Mural, Columbus, Ohio

Buena Vista, Virginia

Hull's Drive In

Joshua is a classic 72' wooden schooner sailing on Mobile Bay, Alabama, under the command of Captain Carol Bramblett

Joshua is a classic 72' wooden schooner sailing on Mobile Bay, Alabama, under the command of Captain Carol Bramblett. Evan Austin folds up the sails after coming into the port

Joshua is a classic 72' wooden schooner sailing on Mobile Bay, Alabama, under the command of Captain Carol Bramblett. Jason Conyers folds up the sails once the ship is docked

Lee Chapel

Pig neon sign, Beale Street, Memphis, Tennessee

Recently expanded in 2002, the Mobile Museum of Art in beautiful Langan Park, Mobile, Alabama

Southern Virginia University